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teacherrunnermom
Even if that college happens to have a campus dotted with real marble columns and ivy covered walls, rather than one that simply exists in cyberspace, do we learn everything we need to know professionally there? Many professionals may in fact come away with a great ... Read more...
Creating Balance in an Unbalanced World
There’s been a lot of belly button gazing in our house this past week. My adolescent son told me on Friday, “I’m thinking a lot about my life right now,” my introspective husband is taking a class where he’s contemplating our relationship to the cosmos and&n ... Read more...
The Working Mommy's Manual
Maybe it's because I was raised by hippies.  Learning protest songs before nursery rhymes must have had some deep and lasting impression on my psyche. But no matter how much I rebelled against my parents (and believe me they still question i ... Read more...
Confessions of a Pajama Mama
When I was growing up, the supermom was touted as the ideal mother. But when I became a mom, I realized that trying to be supermom was hard, unfulfilling and usually went unrecognized. I decided I’d rather have happiness over folded laundry. And yet, I still meet mo ... Read more...
No Excuses
The feeling of control is so important when working on losing weight. The feeling of being out of control is really a yucky feeling to have (to use clinical terms) J. This is important to think about when you notice that you are “sneaking” food. It is hard to really ... Read more...
HappyFamily
Back when I was in business school, I had a close friend who had twins. In her pre-baby life, her career was her number one priority, and she worked hard to advance in it: long hours, weekends, the whole 9 yards. She was very successful. Then, ... Read more...
From the Editor
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, the focal point for so many of our stresses as working parents this year, has upped her company’s paid parental leave offerings. That’s great news for new moms- and dads-to-be at her company. Indeed, during an interview on Good Mo ... Read more...
Lofty Ideals of a Working Mom
Let me start by saying that as a Boston resident, I am very lucky that my family and friends were not physically harmed in the recent marathon bombings. I'm also very appreciative and understanding of the fact that although I travel more than th ... Read more...
Food On Our Table
Are you as annoyed by the so-called mommy wars as I am?   The press, and some mom bloggers, hated Marissa Mayer for her “tough” work-at-work policy.  They scoffed at Sheryl Sandberg's “class-biased” call to lean in to your ambition.   Read more...
The Enabler: Helping Moms Get to Work
Are you itching to go back to work? Want to start your own business? Or just want to try something new and different? If you’re nodding your head “yes” but haven’t yet taken the plunge, it might be fear that’s holding you back. Fear of failure or fear of others not ... Read more...
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